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How can differences among people in the proclivity to say things by doing rather than verbally be understood and measured? Behavioral Communication (BC) is defined as a variable of individual differences concerning the use of behaviors that indirectly express one's feelings, needs, and thoughts, as a substitute for more direct and open forms of communication. BC thus provides a conceptual framework to account for many instances of day-to-day behavior from communication standpoint. A measure of the construct, the 33-item Behavioral Communication Questionnaire (BCQ), was developed with an Internet sample (N = 247). High alpha reliabilities (from .92 to .93) were obtained in measuring behavioral communication toward three referents: partner, friend, and colleague. Strong positive intercorrelations among these versions of the BCQ suggested that people report consistency in what and how they communicate regardless of with whom they communicate. Psychometric analyses of the BCQ as well as its subscales and correlates are presented. |
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